Harold 'Sonny' White

What's up? Hey, how's it going, Joe? Pleasure to meet you. Yeah, thank you for having me here today. I appreciate it.

What's up? Hey, how's it going, Joe? Pleasure to meet you. Yeah, thank you for having me here today. I appreciate it.

What's up? Hey, how's it going, Joe? Pleasure to meet you. Yeah, thank you for having me here today. I appreciate it.

Like, what are you doing? Right, right, right. Advanced power and propulsion. Kind of been a passion of mine for the last 20 some odd years. I suppose if I kind of look back through the annals of my life, right, I've been thinking about advanced power and propulsion ever since I was a teenager.

Like, what are you doing? Right, right, right. Advanced power and propulsion. Kind of been a passion of mine for the last 20 some odd years. I suppose if I kind of look back through the annals of my life, right, I've been thinking about advanced power and propulsion ever since I was a teenager.

Like, what are you doing? Right, right, right. Advanced power and propulsion. Kind of been a passion of mine for the last 20 some odd years. I suppose if I kind of look back through the annals of my life, right, I've been thinking about advanced power and propulsion ever since I was a teenager.

Well, you know, I grew up in Washington, D.C., and so I got a chance to spend a lot of time in the air and space Smithsonian. I don't know if you've ever had a chance to go to that. But growing up in D.C., getting a chance to go to the air and space Smithsonian, I got to see all these – Awesome examples of people working together to try and accomplish amazing things. Right.

Well, you know, I grew up in Washington, D.C., and so I got a chance to spend a lot of time in the air and space Smithsonian. I don't know if you've ever had a chance to go to that. But growing up in D.C., getting a chance to go to the air and space Smithsonian, I got to see all these – Awesome examples of people working together to try and accomplish amazing things. Right.

Well, you know, I grew up in Washington, D.C., and so I got a chance to spend a lot of time in the air and space Smithsonian. I don't know if you've ever had a chance to go to that. But growing up in D.C., getting a chance to go to the air and space Smithsonian, I got to see all these – Awesome examples of people working together to try and accomplish amazing things. Right.

And, you know, you might walk into the Air and Space Smithsonian and you just think about, wow, this is full of a bunch of stuff. But it's not just about the stuff. Right. It's about the people that worked together to do all these amazing things. Right. Like the Bell X-1 rocket. I mean, if you really want to go back, the Wright Flyer rocket.

And, you know, you might walk into the Air and Space Smithsonian and you just think about, wow, this is full of a bunch of stuff. But it's not just about the stuff. Right. It's about the people that worked together to do all these amazing things. Right. Like the Bell X-1 rocket. I mean, if you really want to go back, the Wright Flyer rocket.

And, you know, you might walk into the Air and Space Smithsonian and you just think about, wow, this is full of a bunch of stuff. But it's not just about the stuff. Right. It's about the people that worked together to do all these amazing things. Right. Like the Bell X-1 rocket. I mean, if you really want to go back, the Wright Flyer rocket.

That's something where two guys worked together that made bicycles for a living that decided to go create something that flew. And then in less than 50, 60 years from when they flew that Wright Flyer, we're putting human beings on the surface of the moon. And so all that really resonated with me as a kid. And I think –

That's something where two guys worked together that made bicycles for a living that decided to go create something that flew. And then in less than 50, 60 years from when they flew that Wright Flyer, we're putting human beings on the surface of the moon. And so all that really resonated with me as a kid. And I think –

That's something where two guys worked together that made bicycles for a living that decided to go create something that flew. And then in less than 50, 60 years from when they flew that Wright Flyer, we're putting human beings on the surface of the moon. And so all that really resonated with me as a kid. And I think –

tended to make me gravitate towards a technical field, although it wasn't a straight line, right? I'd like to say, you know, I knew at an early age what my calling was and what I was going to do, but I bounced around for a little bit until I finally got on a path that, you know, I really connected with.

tended to make me gravitate towards a technical field, although it wasn't a straight line, right? I'd like to say, you know, I knew at an early age what my calling was and what I was going to do, but I bounced around for a little bit until I finally got on a path that, you know, I really connected with.

tended to make me gravitate towards a technical field, although it wasn't a straight line, right? I'd like to say, you know, I knew at an early age what my calling was and what I was going to do, but I bounced around for a little bit until I finally got on a path that, you know, I really connected with.

And so I think I knew very early on in my journey in university, right, when I was going and getting my degree that that I wanted to work in advanced power and propulsion. And so at that point, everything I did kind of worked towards how do I get the skills, how do I get the math and physics training that helps me kind of work in this domain?

And so I think I knew very early on in my journey in university, right, when I was going and getting my degree that that I wanted to work in advanced power and propulsion. And so at that point, everything I did kind of worked towards how do I get the skills, how do I get the math and physics training that helps me kind of work in this domain?